A project dataset from Geoscience Australia, last updated on 2026-04-30, focusing on coastal dune aquifers in the Mid North Coast region. It addresses pressures from urbanisation and tourism on groundwater supplies, highlighting risks like seawater intrusion and ecosystem impacts from over-extraction. The data is presented in PDF and HTML formats.
Use Cases
- Assessing sustainable groundwater yield based on described aquifer characteristics.
- Modeling risks of seawater intrusion based on groundwater withdrawal patterns.
- Planning for urban and tourism development based on described water resource pressures.
- Evaluating ecosystem dependencies on shallow groundwater resources as mentioned in the description.
Strengths
- Focuses on a specific, high-pressure region (Mid North Coast) as described.
- Addresses multiple concrete environmental risks (seawater intrusion, ecosystem impact).
- Produced by an authoritative organization (Geoscience Australia).
Limitations
- Row count and dataset scale are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Data freshness should be verified despite the 2026 update timestamp.
Provenance
- Source
- Geoscience Australia Data
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-30 14:28:03.626106
- Geography
- Mid North Coast region, Australia